The Town of Swan River held a town hall last night at the Veterans Hall with a panel to discuss the rise in crime in Swan River and the area recently.
There was a panel of experts on hand with representatives from the RCMP, the Swan River Town Council, the Staff Seargent, the Provincial Crown Attorneys Office as well as members of the local COPP.
Derek Poole, the Chief Administrative Officer from the Town of Swan River, had this to say about the result of the town hall and what the primary message last night was.
If there was one message we wanted to get to our business community or the people is to report crime. The RCMP needs the evidence, they need the stats to open up the file, and those files help our stats on a provincial and federal level that we do need the resources. Let the RCMP know and don't let it slide and assume nothings going to happen.
Poole also had this to say about the turnout last night.
We had over 100 people at the hall and averaged around 290 attending virtually so I think it was represented well by the public.
